Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Areal Flood Advisories in 2015
Areal Flood Advisory 208, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Oct 28, 2015, 8:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2015, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2015, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 625 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Oct 28, 3:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 3:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 3:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 357 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-015>019-021-023-024- PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106-292000- NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CUMBERLAND- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER- WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- 357 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS COULD BE ENHANCED BY FALLEN LEAVES THAT CLOG STORM DRAINS. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS OR LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NJZ012>014-020-022-025>027-292000- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 357 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS COULD BE ENHANCED BY FALLEN LEAVES THAT CLOG STORM DRAINS. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS OR LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-452>455-292000- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 357 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS OR LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ450-451-292000- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- 357 PM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS OR LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 37 min |
| Oct 28, 11:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lebanon | 21 min |
| Oct 28, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 49 min |
| Oct 28, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh | 48 min |
| Oct 29, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 90 min |
| Oct 29, 12:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2015Every areal flood advisory in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.